| Andrew Clifford Greenberg | |
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| Born | Andrew Clifford Greenberg 1957 (1957) |
| Died | (aged 67) |
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| Known for | Wizardry |
Andrew Clifford Greenberg (1957 – August 28, 2024) was an American video game developer and patent attorney. He co-created Wizardry with Robert Woodhead, one of the first role-playing video games for a personal computer. He was also involved with the production of the game Q*bert and several of the later Wizardry games in the 1980s. He was a graduate of Cornell University, where he did his first work on role-playing video games. He also was a proficient tuba player.
With Rick Dutton, Walter Freitag, and Michael Massimilla he created Star Saga One: Beyond the Boundary & Star Saga: Two - The Clathran Menace, in 1988 and 1989 respectively. Both were released by Masterplay Publishing.
The name of the evil wizard in the first Wizardry game is Werdna, Andrew spelled backwards.
After working as a patent attorney with Carlton Fields, a law firm in Tampa, Florida, Andrew moved to San Francisco, California where he served as an executive and general counsel for a renewable energy company. Greenberg was a past Chairman of the Intellectual Property Committee for the IEEE, and has received the Institute's National Citation of Honor.
Greenberg had married Sheila McDonald, a play-tester of the Wizardry series, and had two children. Robert Woodhead and David Mullich reported that Greenberg died on August 30, 2024, at the age of 67.
References
- ^ Litchfield, Ted (August 31, 2024). "Andrew C. Greenberg, co-creator of the influential Wizardry series of RPGs, has died". PC Gamer. Retrieved August 31, 2024.
- Bateman, Chris (November 16, 2011). Imaginary Games. O Books. p. 288. ISBN 9781846949418. Retrieved June 3, 2012.
- Woodhead, Robert (August 30, 2024). "It is with great sadness that I mark the passing of my dear friend, the Evil Wizard Werdna". Facebook. Archived from the original on August 31, 2024. Retrieved August 30, 2024.
- @David_Mullich (August 30, 2024). "I am saddened to learn of the passing of game designer Andrew Greenberg. I never had the pleasure of meeting Andrew in person, but his landmark role-playing game series Wizardry was a joyful and influential part of my life in the 1980s. Rest in peace, Werdna!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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